Re: xdm and ps

[Jeffrey Ebert <jebert@hns.com>]

Marcus Hirschfeld wrote:
> 
> I switched from startx to xdm and now, with ps in an X-Term
> no processes are displayed (just the gettys from tty1 to tty6an a single
> bash). Any idea on how to use ps, so I can see all my running processes
> like my running window-manager?
> 
> Marcus

Try "ps x" or "ps xf".

BTW, are you running as root? That would be the only way that "ps" would
show the gettys. If you do "ps x" as root, then you will also get all of
the daemons that root owns (pretty much all of 'em).

Jeff

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